Shoe fitting and footrest accessories for shoe stores



L. LELYVELD SHOE FITTING AND FOOTREST ACCESSORIES E 3 Aug. 10, 1948. 2,446,601 FOR sno TORES Original Filed Sept. 30, 1930 Patented Aug. 10, 1948 SHOE FITTING AND FOOTREST ACCES S-ORIES FOR SHOE STORIES LouisLelyveld; weymoutli lvlass;

Substitute for abandoned application Serial No.-

483'g258, September 30, 1930'. Thisapplication Ju1y 1s-,.194e..seria1 No. 683,339

" Claims.

This invention relates to a portable structureincluding a shoe fitters stool. and a customers foot rest, permitting a shoe salesman'tofit a' shoe to a foot supported by the foot rest.

The chief object of the invention is to provide a structure for the purpose stated, adapted also to advertise merchandise commonly sold in shoe stores, and to attractively displ-ay'samples of the merchandise.

This application is a substitute for the abandoned application Serial Number 483,258, filed September 30, 1930.

Of the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification-- Fig. l is a perspective view of a structure embodying theinvention;

Fig. 2 isa sectional view of the same;

Fig. 3 shows in perspective the inner section of the merchandise holding box shown by Figs. 1 and 2;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view; and

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of a differently formed structure embodying the invention.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of the figures.

A portable structure embodying the invention comprises a stool portion including a seat member I2, and means supporting the same at a suitable height, a supporting portion adjacent the stool portion having an inclined upwardly facing seat or rest designated by Hi; said seat being, in this instance,- provided by walls of a box formed by the supporting portion, and a-plate I 4, connected with the supporting portion by hinges is at the higher end of the seat E3. The plate H5 is adapted to bear on the seat is and constitute an inclined foot rest, as indicated by dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 5, and to be separated from said seat and expose its normally under side to display advertising matter thereon. The plate side thus exposed is preferably provided with means for releasably holding an advertising sign or card ll, said means being preferably provided by undercut frame strips l8 fixed to the plate and partially surrounding. the card, as shown by Fig. 1. box-shaped supportingportion is adaptedto contain samples of merchandise ordinarily sold in a shoe store, and to so hold the samples that when the plate M is; separatedfrom the seat l3, the samples and theadvertisingmatter are simultaneously displayed, double advertising being effected.

In the structure shown by Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the box-shaped. supporting: portion includes an outer \section formed by the walls whose upper. edges form the" seat 13, and an inner" section 20 of box formation having side and end walls,- semirotatable in the outer section. to display either of two samples, or'groups of samples. The inner section is provided with trunnions 2| projecting from its opposite end walls, said trunnions being The journaled in bearings (not shown) in opposite" side-walls of the outer section. The inner section 253 isprovided-with means for confining two samples or groups of: samples,.. one visible at one side, and the other at the opposite. side,.the arrangement being such that the inner. section may be positioned with. either side uppermost to display either of the two samples.

The inner section is provided with a partition.- 22, extending between and parallelwith the edges. of its bounding walls and forming the bottom of both of said compartments may bev subdividedv into cells by partitions 25. One wall of the inner section may be provided with an outwardly projecting stop 25, adapted to bear on either of two. abutments 2'! in the box portion of the structure, to limit the rotation of the inner section, the arrangement being such that the inner section can turn through only half of a complete rotation.v

In the structure shown by Figs. 4 and 5, the boxshaped supporting portion of the structure is provided with a fixed bottom member 28, constituting the bottom Walls of a plurality of fixed sample holding cells, other walls of. said. cells being formed by fixed partitions 29.

I prefer to provide means for maintaining. the

plate M in a substantially vertical position when it is separated from the seat I3 by turning about its hinge axis, and thereby conspicuously display advertising matter thereon. Tothis" end I ex'tend" the inner end of the plate from the hinges l5, as shown by Fig. 1, and provide the structure with fixed stops Si, arranged to abut the extended end of the plate when the latter is moved to a substantially vertical position.

It will be seen that the structure as shown,

permits dual advertisin or, in other'words adevertising by the display ofmatter ontl'ie plate. 14,.

and by the display of samples in the. boxportion 0f the structure.

Each of the illustrated embodiments. of the in-- vention includes a box-like body having an inclined plate seat l3, and a sample supporter located in an inclined position within the body, and

j, 1' 3 substantially parallel with the plate seat, whereby a groupof samples may be supported below the plate seat and displayed in a portion substantially parallel therewith, and in close proximity'thereto when the plate M is removed from the seat.

tom are spaced apart and symmetrically arranged i in a predetermined order.

It will be seen that the sample supporter characterized as above stated enables the samples supported thereby to be displayed more conspicuously and attractively than would be the case if the sarnpleswere deposited promiscuously on the horizontal bottom of a box-like body, in which case the samples of the group would be at diiferent distances from an inclined plate seat forming the opentop of said body, and would be much less advantageously and attractively displayed.

The plate i may be made of any material having sufficient strength and stiffness to support a persons foot in the operation of shoe fitting, when the plate rests on the seat i3. l',t may be made of transparent material, such as a thick plate of glass or of one of the known transparent plastics. In either case, whether transparent or opaque, it maybe supplied on its normally under side with the means 18 for releasably holding an advertising card, which card may be printed with advertising matter on both sides to be seen through the plate and when the plate is raised, respectively. Or the advertising card can be removed, permitting the articles in the box-shaped supporting portion to be seen by the customer when the piate is in lowered position. A blank. card, or one which is blank on one side, can be placed in the holding means of the transparent plate, with the blank side next to the plate, when it is desired to obscure both the contained samples and advertising matter. the transparent plate afiords wide flexibility in modes of attracting the attention of the customer to goods for sale.

I claim:

1. A shoestore adjunct comprising, in combination, a supporting portion formed as a box adapted to contain samples and having an open top permitting display of the contained samples, marginal portions of said top constituting an inclined upwardly facing plate seat, and a plate hinged to the supporting portion at the higher end of said seat, and having a foot rest side and an advertising side, the plate being adapted to bear on the seat, with the advertising side downward, to constitute an inclined foot rest, protect the advertising side, and conceal samples in the box, and to be separated from the seat to simultaneously display the advertising side and the said samples.

2. A shoe store adjunct comprising, in combination, a supporting portion formed as a box adapted to contain samples and having an open top permitting display of the contained samples,

marginal portions of said top constituting an inclined upwardly facing plate seat, and a plate hinged tothe supporting portion at the higher end of said seat, and having a foot rest side and an advertising side, the plate being adapted to bear on the seat, with the advertising side down- In this way the use of a ward to constitute an inclined foot rest, protect the advertising side, and conceal samples in the box, and to be separated from the seat to simultaneously display the advertising side and the said samples, said box including a fixed outer section having said inclined plate seat, and an inner section journaled in the outer section and having means. for separately confining two lots of merchandise, one in position to be seen at one side, and the other at the opposite side of the inner section, the arrangement being such that either of said lots may be displayed when the plateis separated from its seat.

3. A shoe store adjunct comprising, in combination, a supporting portion formed as a box adapted to contain articles and having an open top permitting display of the contained samples, marginal portions of said top constituting an inclined upwardly facing plate seat, and a plate hinged to the supporting portion at the higher end of said seat adapted to be lowered to rest on the seat and form a foot rest, and to be raised to give access to the interior of the box, said plate being transparent and having means for detachably holding an advertising sign at the side which is underneath when the plate is in lowered position.

4. A shoe store adjunct comprising a supporting portion formed as a box having an open top, marginal portions of said top constituting an inclined upwardly facing seat plate, an inner section of box formation having side and end walls and a partition extending across the space enclosed by said walls located intermediate the edges thereof forming the bottoms of two compartments, each adapted to contain samples, said inner section being journaled in the supporting portion for semirotation to bring either compartment uppermost, combined with a transparent plate hinged to the supporting portion at the higher end of said seat adapted to be placed in a lowered position wherein it bears on the seat and forms a foot rest, and to be raised so as to give access to said inner section and the articles held thereby, the transparency of said plate enabling the articles contained in the up er compartment of the inner section to be visible when the plate is in its lowered position.

5. A shoe store adjunct comprising a supporting portion formed as a box open at the top adapted to contain and permit display of merchandise, the walls of the box being arranged so that their upper edges constitute an inclined upwardly facing plate seat, and a plate of transparent material hinged to the supporting portion at the higher end of said seat adapted to be placed in lowered position resting on the seat, wherein it serves as a foot rest, and in a raised position giving access to the interior of the box, the transparency of the plate enabling goods contained in the box to be visible when the plate is lowered. LOUIS LELYVELD.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 140,689 Elder July 8, 1873 461,974 Button Oct. 27, 1891 1,052,750 Phillips Feb. 11, 1913 

